Edited to add:
Tsukiyotake can be found at the end of summer through fall on dead wood of beech, fir, and other broad-leaved trees.
NOTE: TSUKIYOTAKE AND MUKITAKE CAN BE FOUND ON THE SAME WOOD.
追記：
ツキヨタケは、夏の終わりから秋に、ブナ、ナラなどの広葉樹の枯れ木に見つかります。注： ツキヨタケとムキタケが同じ木に見つかることもあります。

To be more precise, they are called tanuki no cha-bukuro (Lycoperdon pyriforme) because they grow on a tree.
Tanuki = Japanese raccoon
No = 's
Cha = Brown
Bukuro < Fukuro = Bag
A similar variety that grows from soil is called kitsune no cha-bukuro (Lycoperdon perlatum).
Kitsune = Fox
正確に言うと、木に生えているので、タヌキノチャブクロと言います。
土から生える似たような種類のキノコはキツネノチャブクロと言います。

I also found some kind of houkitake (Clavaria),
Houki = Broom

ホウキタケの一種も見つけましたが

even my son was unable to identify the exact name.
息子でさえ、正確な名前は分かりませんでした。

I also found this mysterious mushroom on a tree.
この奇妙なキノコも見つけました。

Luckily, I found some honey mushrooms.
運よく、ナラタケを少し見つけました。

As I said several times in my blog, this mushroom is called naratake in Japanese, but
Nara = Oak
it's called amandare here in the Uonuma region of Niigata. It has some other local names, like kuzure and boribori.
このブログで何回も言っている通り、このキノコは日本語ではナラタケと言いますが、新潟の魚沼地方ではアマンダレと言います。他にもクズレ、ボリボリなど地方名があります。

When I first saw them, I thought they were a kind of mukitake (Sarcomixa serotina), but I wasn't sure. Anyway, I picked them all.最初に見た時、ムキタケの一種かと思いましたが、はっきり分かりませんでした。とにかく、全部採りました。

As soon as I returned home before noon, I reported to my son that I had found something that looked like mukitake. As soon as he looked at them, he said, "They are tsukiyotake (Omphalotus guepiniformis)". He chided me for being such an amateur...

It is said that tsukiyotake is responsible for a majority of food poisoning cases caused by mushrooms in Japan.

As its name suggests,

Tsukiyo = Moonlit night

this mushroom (underside of the cap) glows faintly in the dark. (I tried to take a photo, but in vain.)

Anyway, my son identified all edible mushrooms. I simply boiled them all for less than two minutes, except the puffballs, which I skewered and grilled in the toaster oven. The boiled mushrooms were put in miso soup, and the grilled puffballs were eaten with lemon juice and soy sauce.

September 19, 2014

Here are some of the fruit and vegetables I have received from my father since this August.

今年の８月以降、父からもらっている果物や野菜の一部です。

Eggplants

ナス（茄子、なす）

Figs
イチジク（無花果、いちじく）

Sweet persimmons

甘ガキ（甘柿、あまがき）

Kyoho grapes

巨峰

More figs
またイチジク

More chestnuts
また栗

As part of supper last night, I made kuri okowa again, and had it with grilled sanma (saury).
昨日の夕飯には、また栗のおこわを作り、焼きさんまと一緒に食べました。

I'm really glad that sanma have come down to reasonable prices. Yesterday, I bought these particular ones for 88 yen each. Just two weeks ago, they were nearly 300 yen each!
さんまが手頃な値段に下がって、本当に良かったです。昨日は、このさんまを一尾（いちび）88円で買いました。つい２週間前は、一尾300円近くもしました！

Today, I made some more fig compote, using my home-made ume syrup.
今日は、自家製の梅シロップを使って、イチジクのコンポートをまた少し作りました。

Before:
ビフォー：

I microwaved them for a total of six minutes in my 800W microwave.
800Wの電子レンジで合計６分、加熱しました。

I stirred with a plastic spoon a little, and microwaved them for another one minute.
プラスチックのスプーンで少し混ぜて、さらに１分、加熱しました。

They are now on the kitchen counter. I'll put them in the fridge when they cool down. Can't wait to try them!
今は、台所に置いてあります。冷めたら冷蔵庫に入れます。食べるのが楽しみです！

Edited to add a photo:
写真を追加：

Chilled in the fridge.
I had one. It was good!
冷蔵庫で冷やしました。
一つ食べました。美味しかったです！

September 15, 2014

Yesterday (September 14), I went to the 13th "Grape Harvest Festival and Wine Festival" alone, by train (hoping to get some free samples of wine).

昨日（9/14)は、第13回「ぶどう収穫祭とワイン祭り」に一人で、電車で（ワインの試飲を少しできるのではないかと期待して）行って来ました。

My family used to go to this festival when the children were smaller. Now that they have grown older, I didn't bother to ask them whether they would like to go.
子供たちが小さい頃は、このお祭りに行っていたのですが、子供たちも大きくなったので、わざわざ行きたいかどうかききませんでした。

Besides, I had an important mission: looking closely at the vineyard to see how they grow their grapes. I recently read this book:
それに私には重要な任務がありました。ぶどう園をよく見てどんなふうに葡萄（ぶどう、ブドウ）を育てているのか知る、ということです。最近、この本を読みました：

This book, "Men who challenged for wine in the Snow County", is all about this particular winery, and I found it very interesting, mainly because I was thinking of good alternative ways to grow grapes. In Japan, grapes are usually grown in an overhead trellis (arbor) system, but in the vineyard of this winery, they grow their grapes in a "kakine" (lit. hedge), or vertical trellis system because of the heavy snowfall in winter. What is more interesting is that they adopt a unique "rain cut" system to protect the grapes from rain, particularly in the rainy season (tsuyu in Japanese).

I arrived at Urasa Station on JR Joetsu Line. The winery is located inside the vast park called Yairo no Mori Koen, which is about an 8-minute walk from the station.

JR上越線の浦佐駅に着きました。ワイナリーは、駅から徒歩８分程度の「八色の森公園」という公園内にあります。

Cross over the Uono River,
魚野川を渡り、

and enjoy the artistic manhole cover.
芸術的なマンホールを蓋を楽しんでください。

One watermelon is drawn on the cover, because this area is famous for its watermelon, called Yairo Suika.
蓋にはスイカが一つ描かれています。八色スイカというスイカで有名な地域だからです。

I had purchased two advance tickets for the Echigo Wine Set online. One ticket entitles you to pick one bunch of Fujiminori grapes, two bottles of wine, and participation in one of the two draws held on that day.
私は越後ワインセットの前売り券を２枚、オンラインで購入してありました。券１枚で、藤稔（ふじみのり）を一房（ひとふさ）を収穫でき、ワインを２本もらえ、さらに、その日に行われる２回の抽選会のいずれかに参加できます。

I headed for the vineyard.
ぶどう園に行きました。

These are Fujiminori grapes.
これが藤稔です。

This particular variety is touted as being more delicious than Kyoho, which is called the King of Grapes in Japan. Unlike the other varieties for wine making, this variety is carefully protected in bags. And, as you can see, in the "rain cut" system, the grapes are protected from rain with plastic sheets above.
この品種は、日本ではぶどうの王様を言われる巨峰（きょほう）より美味しいと言われています。ワインづくり用の他のぶどうの品種と異なり、丁寧に袋で守られています。 また見てわかる通り、「レインカット」方式では、ぶどうは上にあるビニールシートで雨から守られています。

Another variety, used for wine making
ワインづくりに使われる別の品種

This is the winery building.
ワイナリーの建物です。

Inside:
内部：

In the basement, they have what they call yuki himuro (lit. snow ice room), where as much as 250 tons of snow are stored to keep the wine storage room at around 5C.

地下には、雪氷室があります。ここには250トンもの雪が溜められ、ワイン貯蔵庫を約5Cに保っています。

Restaurant, "Budo no Hana" (lit. Grape Blossoms)

レストラン「葡萄の花」

Inside:
内部：

Farmers' market:
野菜直売所：

Dried zenmai:
干しぜんまい：

Time for the draw!
抽選会の時間です！

The one in a pink T-shirt is the mayor of Minami Uonuma city.
ピンクのTシャツを着た人が南魚沼市の市長です。

Sadly, no presents for me...
残念ながら、私には景品は当たりませんでした。

This is the bunch of Fujiminori grapes I picked.
これが私が採った藤稔です。

Sweet and tasty!
甘くて美味しかったです！

And, these are the wines I got.
そして、これがもらったワインです。

Shown on the left is a dry red wine, and the right one is sparkling wine with ume (Japanese plum) juice! Can't wait to try them!
左のは辛口（からくち）の赤ワインで、右のは、梅果汁が入ったスパークリングワインです！飲むのが待ち遠しいです！